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His home, No. 240, became "Club 240." Almost every day at 5 p.m., friends came for cocktails and conversation. If his car was gone, they knew the club was closed.

He cooked, mostly for neighbors, and wrote a cooking column in the Sugar Creek newsletter. He drove to the grocery store every day. Organizing and taking care of things was his way.

Mr. Maak grew up during the Depression. When he was a baby, his father died. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps and funneled the money he made back to his mother. Later, he worked for 30 years with General Motors, hiring thousands of people.

But his wife was his biggest source of pride.

He met Mildred Chaney, a laid-back Southern lady, at a country club dance. Both had other dates, but they danced only with each other. A year later, they married.

"They had the most incredible love affair I've ever seen," said their niece, Carole Oliver. "I've never seen anything like it. They were totally and completely in love with each other."

They never had children, but they spoiled Oliver, now 63. She doesn't recall hearing a harsh word between them. For 60 years, they stayed passionate.

Mr. Maak never did draw a portrait of his wife.

"I didn't think I was good enough," he told the St. Petersburg Times in 2004. "How could someone like me do justice to an angel like her?"

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Mr. Maak shut down after he lost the ability to drive, Oliver said. He entered a hospice a couple of months ago.

He made lots of friends there, and called everyone by name. He gave his Christmas illustrations to the workers - no charge.

On Tuesday, Mr. Maak died. He was 89. He had told his niece that he was looking forward, in death, to seeing his wife.